Quotes & Sayings About Peace Maria Montessori

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists. — Maria Montessori

No one can help us to achieve the intimate isolation by which we find our secret worlds, so mysterious, rich and full. If others intervene, it is destroyed. This degree of thought, which we attain by freeing ourselves from the external world, must be fed by the inner spirit, and our surroundings cannot influence us in any way other than to leave us in peace. — Maria Montessori

Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child. — Maria Montessori

Times have changed, and science has made great progress, and so has our work; but our principles have only been confirmed, and along with them our conviction that mankind can hope for a solution to its problems, among which the most urgent are those of peace and unity, only by turning its attention and energies to the discovery of the child and to the development of the great potentialities of the human personality in the course of its formation. — Maria Montessori

Education today, in this particular social period, is assuming truly unlimited importance. And the increased emphasis on its practical value can be summed up in one sentence: education is the best weapon for peace. — Maria Montessori

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. — Maria Montessori